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Beam Impact raises $13.3M to turn everyday purchases into a way to support social causes

TechCrunch

The company was founded in 2017 by Beam CEO Viveka Hulyalkar, a former McKinsey consultant, and CTO Alex Sadhu, a former Tinder iOS engineer. You can choose from causes related to education, public policy, climate change and more. Beam is partnered with 100 brands, including Instacart, Parade, IKEA, Roots Canada and more. million.

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Crypto investors have 1099 problems, but Cointracker helps make sure filing taxes isn’t one

TechCrunch

Over 3% of the entire global cryptocurrency market, representing over $50 billion worth of digital assets, is tracked on CoinTracker , its CEO and cofounder Jon Lerner told TechCrunch in an interview. A lack of awareness and education about how to pay taxes on digital asset holdings is one of the biggest hurdles for users, he added. “It’s

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Customer support management platform Assembled lands $51M

TechCrunch

CEO Ryan Wang says that the new capital will be put toward product development, including schedule optimization algorithms and integrations with HR software, and launching an initiative, CX Scholars, that’ll commit a percentage of Assembled’s revenue to continuing education for support workers. ”

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Apium Academy Software Workshops to Boost Your Career

Apiumhub

That’s why we’ve created Apium Academy , an educational platform offering various courses led by industry professionals. It is divided into 4 different modules: introduction, plan, technical testing theory, one with the product, and a wrap-up. The total duration of the workshop is 18 hours. Interested in this workshop?

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Atlanta Tech Startup Accelerators: Techstars Atlanta, EO Accelerator, Atlanta Ventures Studio, and More

Altexsoft

Typically, an accelerator offers scheduled educational programs, mentorship support, networking, connection with investors, seeding opportunities, and working space. Above that, Atlanta Ascend provides management education. As for participation charges, there are several models: Some accelerators take no fees and are totally free.

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Summary from the 30 July Analyst Forum

CTOvision

Second was Dr. Bourne, reasoning that answers to big data problems can come from anywhere either cofounded in a journal, a pandemic modeling article, or a 15 year old who was published in a leading journal.Third Nolte pointed out that there are now technically illiterate students and technologists with little worldliness.